ANALYSISBy Martin Plaut There are few leaders as enigmatic as Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afwerki. In my book, Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa’s Most Repressive State, I profile the president who led the country as it fought for its freedom from Ethiopia for 30 years, only to then turn on his own people. Eritrea has been independent since 1993…
Written by The New YOrk TimesPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, began a sweeping military operation against one of his own regions. By Declan Walsh and Simon Marks NAIROBI, Kenya — Barely a year ago Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia was globally acclaimed as a peacemaker, a youthful African leader awarded the Nobel…
ሰልፍና ከምቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋን ክሕብሮ ዝጸንሐ፡ ናይ ዝኾነ ኣካል ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገርና ዝግበር ኢድ ኣእታውነት ዘይሕጋውን ዘይቅቡልን ምዃኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣብ ጉዳይ ጎረባብቲ ዝካየድ ኢድ ኣእታውነት እንተኾነ እውን ዘይሕጋውን ዘይቅቡልን ምዃኑ ከነስምረሉ ጸኒሕና ኢና። እቲ ኣብ መንጎ ክልተ ሃገራት ዚካየድ ርክባት እንተኾነ እውን ዓለምለኻውን ኣህጉራውን ሕጋጋት ብምኽባር ከምኡ ድማ ክልተ መንግስታትን ባይቶታት ሃገራቶምን…
Written by the United African CongressWe are deeply disturbed by the escalation of violence following the declaration of war on the regional state of Tigray by PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia on November 4, 2020. We are New York-based Pan African advocacy and humanitarian organizations representing the interest of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora…
Written by VOAA report by the Voice of America (VOA) English service has revealed that Ethiopia has stopped granting automatic asylum to Eritreans entering the country. The report also pointed out that there is a policy shift from the Ethiopian side regarding Eritrean refugees. The Reporter’s effort to verify this information from the…
Written by Africa Renewal“The timing is horrendous, because the farmers are just planting, and the seedlings are just coming up now since it’s the beginning of the rainy season,” says Keith Cressman, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) Senior Locust Forecasting Officer. The February to May rainy season is the ideal time for farmers…
Written by HRWTo Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Excellencies,At the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 June-12 July 2019), the Council extended a hand to the Eritrean Government. While renewing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the country, it signalled its willingness…
written by BBCኤርትራ፡ ኣብ መዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ምምሕያሽ ኣየርኣየትን ክብል፡ ቤት ምኽሪ ሰባዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ገሊጹ። ፍልይቲ ተኸታታሊት ናይቲ ቤት ምኽሪ ኣብ ጉዳያት ሰባዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ፡ ዳኒኤላ ክራቨዝ ኣብ ዘቕረበቶ ዓመታዊ ጸብጻብ፡ በቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ “ሰፊሕ ምግሃስ ሰባዊ መሰላት፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ፖለቲካዊ መሰላት ኤርትራውያን ዓቢ ሻቕሎት” ከም ዘለዋ ተዛሪባ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን፡…
Written by africanewsThe International Monetary Fund, IMF, earlier this week gave its assessment of the economic situation of Eritrea after its Executive Board concluded consultations with the government. The June 22 press release titled “IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with the State of Eritrea” addressed the headwinds the country faced in the past two decades and…